Blind-stop



V. G. SGHREGK.

BLIND sToP.

No. 441,587-, Patented Nov. 25, 1890,

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

VICTOR G. SCHRECK, OF SAVANNAH, GEORGIA.

BLIND-STO P.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 441,587, dated November 25, 1890.

i Application tiled September 6, 1890. Serial No. 364,122. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, VICTOR G. SCHRECK, a citizen of the United States, residing at Savannah, in the county of Chat-ham and State of Georgia, have invented a new and useful Shutter-Fastener, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in shutter-fasteners.

The object of the present invention is to provide for shutters having pivoted sla'ts a simple and inexpensive device adapted to lock the slats in their closed position and prevent access to the shutter-catches from the outside.

The invention consists in the construction and novel combination and arrangement of parts hereinafter fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawings, and pointed out in the claim hereto appended.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is.a perspective view of a window-shutter provided with a Slat-fastener constructed in accordance with this invention. Fig. 2 is a vertical sectional view. Fig. 3 is a detail perspective view of the metal block.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, l designates a window-shutter of the ordinary construction having pivoted slats 2, which are centrally connected to and are operated by a vert-ical bar 3, the lower end 4 of which, when the slats are closed, is arranged a short distance from the lower cross-piece of the window-shutter, and in order to prevent the slatoperating bar being lowered and the slats opened and access thereby had to the windowcatches engaging a window-sill, a metal block 6 is interposed between the lower end of the slat-- operating bar and the lower cross-piece 5 of the window. The metal block is provided with flat upper and lower faces 7 and 8, which fit squarely against the lower end 4 of the Slat-operating bar and the upper edge of the cross-piece 5 of the window, and the face 9, which lies contiguous to the bottom slat, has an approximately inclined contour in order to fit closely to the said slat. The block 6 is provided with au integral plate or extension 10, which fits against the face of the lower cross-piece of the window-shutter and is engaged by a keeper or hook 11, which is constructed of sheet metal and consists of a plate portion 12, provided with perforations and secured to the cross-piece'by screws 13, and an L-shaped portion 14, which forms a keeper for the metal block, which by a lateral movement is made to engage and disengage the Slat-operating bar. y

It will be seen that the Slat-fastener is simple and inexpensive in construction and is capable of securely locking the slats in their closed position and preventing access through them to the window-catches that engage the window-sill and fasten the shutters thereto.

What I claim is- A Slat-fastener for window-shutters, consisting of the metal block interposed between the Slat-operating bar and the lower crosspiece o f the shutter and provided with the depending plate or extension, and the keeper secured to the cross-piece and engaging the plate or extension, substantially as described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto affixed my signature in presence of two witnesses.

VICTOR G. SCIIRECK.

Witnesses:

JNO. R. DILLON, HARMANN F. KLUG. 

